Giuliano de Medici

Giuliano de Medici (1453-26 April 1478) was a Florentine nobleman and the brother of Lorenzo de Medici.

Biography
Giuliano de Medici was the second son of Piero the Gouty and Lucrezia Tornabuoni, and was born in the Republica Fiorenza. He was the younger brother of Lorenzo de Medici and became the co-ruler of Florence when his brother became Principe. Giuliano was called a patron of the arts by Lorenzo with his own image as the handsome, sporting, "golden boy".

Death
In 1478 the Pazzi Conspiracy agents Francesco de Pazzi, Bernardo Baroncelli, Antonio Maffei, Stefano da Bagnone, and Jacopo de Pazzi struck the House of Medici as a part of a feud between the House of Pazzi and Medici over banking. Francesco and Bernardo assaulted Giuliano while others attacked Lorenzo. Lorenzo was badly wounded in the knife attack, and Giuliano begged for mercy, but was repeatedly stabbed by Francesco until he died.